[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

I think it's pretty brilliant to tell you the truth, and I'd bet that Obama's camp offered it as a one-night-only opportunity to Fox News.

If you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin', you know that by now

That has already been all but confirmed by O'Reilly himself. On yesterday's radio show, he said that he was pretty sure if he didn't take this opportunity, that he wouldn't get another chance. It's going to be far from a cakewalk for Obama, so I don't think it's all bad news for the Republicans.

Originally Posted by Flasch186

Well now it seems a couple of the talking heads got caught on an open mike and were expressing their true (because the cameras were off) feelings on the Palin selection:

Noonan, Murphy trash Palin on hot mic: 'It's over' - Yahoo! News

Arles, Im not painting it one way or the other.

Certainly some interesting developments on this one. Evidently, someone in the backroom of MSNBC secretly leaked an edited version of this conversation that inaccurately portrayed the comments. This will likely only further fuel the fire over the blatent bias being displayed by the major networks in recent weeks.

Declarations - WSJ.com

Originally Posted by Cringer

Also, just to let out some personal venom....I have the assumption this woman has had very little to do with the care of that baby, and it will be even less if she becomes VP. Makes for a good photo to have it around on the campaign though.

To be frank, this is a load of shit. The liberal side has floated this balloon and they'd be wise to stop quickly. There's a lot of working women who would create some heavy backlash over this kind of thinking by either party's supporters. Anyone bitching about Obama rarely seeing his children for the past 19 months? Perhaps Biden should take a job closer to home spending time with his real family rather than his Amtrak family? FWIW, I find both of the above comments about Obama and Biden to be without merit, much like the Palin family critiques are without merit. I'm a dad that takes care of their child the majority of the time while mom works. She appears to be doing just fine.

Overall, Palin was very impressive in her first outing. You may not like the message, but the delivery was spot-on and that kind of speech will put the Republican base into a tizzy. We'll see in the coming weeks what it does for the female and independent vote along with how she performs on the campaign trail. That speech and its delivery was better than Obama's and Biden's and I'm almost positive it will be better than McCain's speech. He doesn't have a chance to better that kind of a showing.